Author Archives: Rati Mehrotra

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About Rati Mehrotra

Science fiction and fantasy writer. I blog at: ratiwrites.com Thanks for dropping by!

Starry and stormy nights at CAO

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

Just spent a fantastic weekend at CAO, the Carr Astronomical Observatory two hours north of Toronto, near Thornbury, Ontario. Any RASC member can avail of the wonderful dark sky facilities at CAO, but every July CAO holds its annual Star-B-Q, … Continue reading →

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Short story now live at AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

  I’m pleased to report that my short story “This is not what I wanted for my birthday” is now live at AE – The Canadian Science Fiction Review. AE is the only SFWA-recognized Canadian science fiction market, and if you haven’t … Continue reading →

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There are trees standing in the water

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

There are definite advantages to living in the urban jungle that is Toronto. For one thing, 13% of the city is park area. (Another is the city’s lovely name, but I’ll come to that later.) You find pockets of calm … Continue reading →

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Short Fiction Update

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

I have a couple of short story acceptances to report, WOOT! So, in chronological order: Hatyasin was accepted by Abyss & Apex, a highly acclaimed quarterly speculative fiction magazine edited by Wendy S. Delmater. My story is scheduled for publication in … Continue reading →

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Race, poetry and elocution: The Congo

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

When I was in the fourth grade – in the La Martiniere Girls’ School, Lucknow – we won the group elocution with The Congo. The following year, most of us went on to the fifth grade, and we stopped winning the … Continue reading →

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Another Blog Hop

Posted on April 29, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

What? Yet another Blog Hop? Say it’s not true, you scream. It is true, I gleefully reply. Blame the post-Easter springiness in my step. It’s sunny out, and I may as well hop, especially as I’ve been tagged by my crit group … Continue reading →

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Emails from the future, Part 3

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

The other day, I picked up a local newsletter in a café and idly flicked through the pages. The second last page caught my eye. It was filled with the adverts of various spiritual gurus who promised to solve all problems, … Continue reading →

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Particle Fever

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

If you haven’t seen Particle Fever, I highly recommend it. It’s a 99 minute documentary on CERN’s Large Hadron Collider and the physicists behind the search for the elusive ‘God Particle’ – the Higgs Boson. And no, the documentary is not just … Continue reading →

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Go NASA Go!

Posted on March 19, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

What’s the best thing about going to Orlando, Florida? (Apart from the fact that its actually warm and sunny, not a ridiculous -25 C in mid-March). That would be the Kennedy Space Center. This is the closest a mere mortal can … Continue reading →

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Emails from the future, Part 2

Posted on March 1, 2014 by Rati Mehrotra

There’s work to be done, dishes to be washed, taxes to be filed, serious stories to be revised. But right now I don’t feel like being serious. Right now I am thinking of pink tentacles, elegant suckers, and what dating fraud in the future … Continue reading →

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